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Quintus Cornificius (pr. 45)

Quaestor in 45 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 48 BCE
    (aged 42)
    Quaestor ·Illyricum

    Broughton: See below, Promagistrates.

    MT: "...Cornificius was near by with two legions for him [Caesar], ..." (Plut. Caes. 43). This is before the Battle of Pharsalus when Caesar asks his troops if they wanted to wait for reinforcements (incl from Cornificius) or go into battle against Pompey's forces.

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    • Plut. Caes. 43
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Pompeius Bithynicus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 45 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Asinius Pollio (cos. 40) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 45 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Caninius Rebilus (cos. suff. 45) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)

    C. Julius Caesar (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator) , 45 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)

  2. 45 BCE
    (aged 45)
    Praetor

    Broughton: Probably Praetor in 45 (a), since he became Proconsul in Africa Vetus in 44 (see b).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) see CIL 12.2.793
      • (b) 44, Promagistrates; and Sternkopf, Hermes 47 [1912] 329, and 337f.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    A. Pompeius Bithynicus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 45 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Asinius Pollio (cos. 40) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 45 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Caninius Rebilus (cos. suff. 45) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)

    C. Julius Caesar (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator) , 45 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

    C. Trebonius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 1.000, final 1.000): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

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